Jogger mechanism for printing-presses



L. E. MORRISON.

JOGGER MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

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ATT RNEY Patented Oct. 18

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, I920- 1,394,182. Patented Oct 18,1921.

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INVENTOR /60 ATT RNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS E. MORRISON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIG-NOR TO HIMSELF AND S. HAINES PLUM, 2ND, 0F MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

J'OGGER MECHANISM FOR PRIN' TIN G-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Original application filed May 29, 1919, Serial No. 300,702. Divided and this application filed February 21, 1920. Serial No. 360,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs E. MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jogger Mechanisms for PrintingPresses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in jogger mechanisms for printing presses. More specifically this invention relates to a jogger mechanism, such as is disclosed in my pending application, Serial Number 300,702, from which application this one is divided out.

The object of the invention is to provide a generally improved jogger mechanism especially useful in connection with an automatic printing mechanism, such as disclosed in my pending application referred to. Another object of the invention is to provide a jogger mechanism adapted for use with a platen press of the Chandler and Price type, but my jogger mechanism is not limited in use to any particular type of press.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention comprises a jogger mechanism as hereinafter set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an outline view of apress equipped with a jogger mechanism embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of this press showing the jogging mechanism and its operating means;

Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the jogger mechanism;

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the front jogger stops;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view of the side i ss Fig. 7 is a side view thereof partly broken away;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the rear jogger.

The press as illustrated in outline only is a typical job or platen press in which the general frame is denoted by the reference numeral 3; 5 is the platen pivot; 6 the platen; and 7 the form member pivoted as 8. 10 indicates the connecting rods (only one is seen) and 12 is the platen locking cam which appears as a disk on the outside of the press.

As set forth in the application referred to, there is provided on one side of the press a bracket 15 having a rearwardly inclined upright portion 16, and on the other, or right side of the press there is a similar bracket 18 having an upright 16 and a forwardly inclined upright 19. 24 indicates a feed board which is arranged to rest normally on shoulders 26, 26 on said uprights 16, 16 and which may be swung upward and to one side of the press as shown in Fig. 2, for which purpose said feed board 24 is pivoted horizontally at 21 and vertically at 2.5 on the upright 19. On top of the feed board rests the paper supporting means 40 which carries the paper 52.

It will be understood without further description and illustration that the press is operated as usual and that the paper is transferred from the pile 52 to the platen by some suitable means and again transferred from the platen to the receiving board 160 by other means, such as grippers, all of which is not shown herein but fully disclosed in the said pending application. On the said receiving board 160, the paper is staked or jogged into a neat pile by the jogging mechanism now to be described.

The receiving table or board 160 is suitably secured to the frame of the press beneath the feed table and immediately in front of the platen. The table 160 is provided with longitudinal guide slots 161, 161, and transverse guide slots 162, 162. Secured to the table 160 are two guides 163, 163. 16% is a Very thin plate which may be adjusted by hand in the guides 163 and which carries two yielding front stop fingers 165, 165, pivoted to said plate 164C and held by springs 167.

Pivoted to the platen rocker bearing 170 by means of a hinge plate 171 are two links 172. The other ends of said links 172 are pivoted to a jogger cam plate 173 provided with jogger cams 174, one on each side. The jogger cam plate further carries a rear jogger 17 5 having vertical slits 17 6 to enable said rear jogger to be moved forwardly a distance over the fixed curved paper guides 177 178, 178 are posts which slide in the aforesaid guide slots 161 and which also support the rear jogger 175 as shown.

The numerals 179, 179 denote side joggers which are carried by posts 180, 180, adapted to be adjusted in slides 181, 181 by wing nuts 182, 182. The slides 181, are movably supported in guides 183, 183. The slides further carry each a cam roll 18 The cam rolls are held against thecams 174 by a spring 185.

The printed sheet is dropped from the gripper down upon the receiving table. In

falling on said table, the paper slides forward over the curved guides 177 and toward the stops 165. This happens at the moment when the press opens,'consequently the cam plate 173 is moved forward, with the front 7 jogger 175, which pushes the paper against the stops 165 and jogs the pile together longitudinally. As the plate'173 and cams 1741 move forward, the cam rolls 184 move inwardly on said cams and carry the slides 181 and theside jogg'ers 179 along, so that the pile is jogged or evened sidcwise by said side repair or cleaning by simply detaching the 7 links 172 from the platen and by detaching the board 160 from the frame, said board being secured by ordinary screws, not shown. It will also be noted that the platenfurnishes all the initial or actuating movement required for operating the jogger, which therefore is easily and quickly attached to the press. c

I claim p In a printing press the combination of a movable platen, a table for receiving the printed matter therefrom, paper stacking means on said table comprising fixed rear members over which the printed matter is adapted to slide, said members being disposed parallel to the direction of movement of the paper, yieldable front stops for positioning the printed matter on the table, a sliding member for adjusting said stops simultaneously, a rear jogger disposed transversely of the said fixed rear members and provided with slots for moving past said fixed members to move the printed matter against the said front stops, side joggers, guide means for the latter secured beneath said table, means for adjusting said side joggers and guiding means, cam rollers carried by said side joggers, a cam secured to said rear jogger and adapted to cooperate with the said cam rollers for operating said side joggers and means for operating said rear jogger from the said platen;

LEWIS E. MORRISON. 

